Am 08.09.2013 um 02:33 schrieb hwit...@gmail.com:

> 
> Thanks for the explanation.  
> Providing the mapping feature with  \mapTABLEtoxtabl  and 
> \restoreTABLEfromxtable 
> was a very good choice.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Hans Hagen  wrote:
> 
>> On 9/7/2013 3:31 AM, hwit...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> 
>>> I just noticed the YATM, "yet another table method", built in ConTEXt, 
>>> called "extreme tables", which is said to be a variant of the natural table 
>>> mechanism.
>>> 
>>> Is extreme-tables a superset of natural-tables functionality?
>>> 
>>> Is the future in extreme-tables and will natural-tables eventually take a 
>>> back seat and then fade away, being surpassed in development, features and 
>>> usage?
>> 
>> - the natural tables will stay (but frozen
>> - you can overload them: \mapTABLEtoxtabl \restoreTABLEfromxtable
>> - xtreme tables have more protential for extensions without
>> sacrificing speed
>> - xtreme tables are faster but for normal use both suit

Do you plan to add something equivalent to 
\setupTABLE[<row>][<column>][<settings>]
because xtables lack the function to set values for certain rows/columns.

Wolfgang
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